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I always thought that with all that side area that a Wildcat would make a great model for this sort of semi scale project.

If there were some way to make a biplane with a good strong upper wing connection another would be the fat tubby little F3F that was the father of the F4F. With the biplane wings to hold the air in on the fuselage the knife edge in particular should be quite something.

Here is the fusalage I finished the other day I managed to make the fuse and tail I am not liking how they turned out though I'm not sure the fusalage can take the glow vibration even though it is designed for it, I am going to be using a magnum 30 FS if I Finish

How big is that? It looks small, almost Guillows size! I don't think I would worry about it being strong enough, it looks pretty beefy with all those spaces, ribs, and of course the plywood at the nose. I've built plenty of profile U control very similar and they hold up fine.